Explosive Dirt Halts $2 Million Pipe Plant Work
Radioactive thorium taints soil at L B Foster pipe plant near Parkersburg. Ground eruptions occur when disturbed, sparks fly with shovels, and NRC says radiation not immediate health hazard to 70 workers. Pittsburgh firm Foster suspends project while investigators locate and assess material and assign responsibility. Amax Inc and Carborundum Co deny dumping. Amax may assist in removal as NRC probes.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NBC
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Atlanta
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Ohio River
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Carborundum + Co
Louis Kasdan
Amax
Funeral planned for Professor Andrew H Montgomery in Athens
Professor Andrew H Montgomery 59 of 109 East Concord Street Athens will be buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens after funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at George W Seaver Funeral Home Chapel Princeton officiated by Rev Richard Flowers. He died Monday in a Princeton hospital after a brief illness. He was retired chairman of Concord College's Division of Natural Sciences. He studied chemistry at Iowa State University and did post graduate work at VPI and SU. He was a member of Phi Lambda Upsilon Pi Mu Epsilon the American Chemical Society and several regional associations. He leaves a widow two children a sister a stepson and stepdaughter ten grandchildren and a brother. Pallbearers are named and friends may call today.
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Monty) Montgomery
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Kansas
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Anna P. Montgomery
Dorothy Lusk Graham Montgomery
Rebecca Ann Montgomery
Michael Montgomery
Ontario
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Brockport
N.Y
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Springfield
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Radford
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Sandy) Osborne
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Masthead
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph publishes each morning from 412 Blend Street Bluefield and is a member of the Associated Press. Subscription rates by mail are 4680 per year with home delivery at 390 per calendar month.
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Blend Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Audio Bureau of Circulation
Landon Associates
Police To Compare Notes In Giles Double Murder
Investigators from the Wytheville Virginia State Police and Giles County Sheriff’s Office are reviewing detailed notes from the fatal May killings of a Mercer County couple. Karen Noble, 20, of Bluefield, and Jeffrey Scott, 21, of Bramwell, were found along a Giles County highway. Noble drowned after being thrown into Wolf Creek and both victims were shot. Scott’s body was dumped in a burning vehicle.
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A. K. Metro
Wytheville
Virginia State Police
Daily Telegraph
Karen Noble
Bluefield
Jeffrey Scott
Bramwell
Metro
Giles County
John Hopkins
Scott
Left Turn Lane Planned on Stafford Drive by State Experts
West Virginia Department of Highways officials told Princeton City Council that a new center left turn lane will be built on Stafford Drive from Bee Street to 19th Street instead of a traffic signal. The plan aims to ease 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. congestion and improve safety with faster through movement. The project, costing $0 beyond bids, awaits first-quarter bid letting, with further traffic counts expected after Corridor Q and the Princeton-Bluefield bypass.
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Daily Telegraph
Stet Wr
West Virginia Department of Highways
Princeton
Stafford Drive
Ken Sleeman
Gary Mercer
Department of Highways
Bee Street
Stafford
19Th
Sleeman
Highway Department
Sheman
Bluefield
Gene Bailey
Lewis Skeens
John Conley
Earl Muse
Ira Southern
Council
Bailey
Southern
Tazewell welfare office relocation sparks county debate
Supervisor Charlie Gilmore will wait for Wednesday's hearing before deciding on an $800,000 project to move welfare offices from downtown Tazewell. About 130 people attended the May 15 Welfare Board meeting to oppose the plan, citing cost and fragmentation concerns amid ongoing county discussions.
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Tazewell High School
Charlie Gilmore
Tazewell
Stacy Charged In Fatal Vehicle Destruction Case
Stacy a part time employee at Buchanan County coal company faces a federal explosives charge after a 1978 Chevrolet was damaged causing his wife’s death. ATF and Virginia State Police arrested him following confusion over insurance policy terms. Judge James C Turk to preside in Roanoke with Stacy jailed in Bristol on 200000 bond.
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ATF
Virginia
James C. Turk
Roanoke
Bristol
Threat Forces Evacuation of Hospital
About 30 people were evacuated from Tazewell Virginia Community Hospital early Monday after a telephone bomb hoax. Police said the caller warned of a bomb in 30 minutes at 8:52 a.m. and similar calls later at McCann Motors, the A-Mart store, and Deskins Supermarkets warehouse. no bombs were found and the investigation continues.
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McCann Motors
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Deskins Supermarkets, Inc
Rain forecast stretches across regions with frontal band
The National Weather Service projects showers for parts of the Northeast and South today. Rain extends from the Great Lakes through much of the Midwest to the Texas Panhandle, with additional rain for Florida and northern Montana. Monday’s satellite shows a frontal band from Louisiana to the Great Lakes. Northern Florida remains clouded by high and midlevel clouds. Northwestern Texas experiences thunder clouds and remnants.
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Midwest
Texas Panhandle
Florida
Montana
Louisiana
Texas
Deaths and Funerals Reflecting Virginia and Florida
A death and funeral notice rundown lists Mrs. Jack M. Wilson of Orlando Florida and Glen Lyn Virginia, plus several other local obituaries. It records Mr. Charles Dennis Caudill, Mrs. Lillie Josephine Boyd, Wesley J. Parton, Earle D. Simpson, Sidney M. Pruett, Berkley Clear, and infant Diana Graham among the deceased. Funeral plans span Glen Lyn, Davenport, Richlands, Tazewell, and Claypool Hill with church services, burial sites, and pallbearer details.
Wyoming County Schools face fire code scrutiny and possible closings
School officials stress extensive monitoring and cooperation from residents as fire marshal reviews threaten multiple Mercer County and nearby districts. Wyoming County has avoided major bond failures, but several violations prompt repairs and consolidation to meet safety standards. Monroe County relies on Better Schools funding to address needed upgrades.
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Wyoming County
Jim Pizzino
Mercer County
Pizzino
Darrell Echols
Monroe County Board of Education
Thye
Monroe County
Echols
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Mae Johnson held in Double Gates
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Mae Johnson 50 of Double Gates Va take place today at 2 p.m. at Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church with Rev. Thomas Stanley officiating. Burial follows at Grandview Memory Gardens on the Bluefield Tazewell Road. Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Va handles arrangements.
California groups plan 4000 acres for Sierra wildlife sanctuary
Sanctioned by the Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep and the California Society for the Care and Protection of Wildlife, plans were announced to buy 4,000 acres of wildland in eastern Kern County to establish a wildlife sanctuary in the southern Sierra. Dr. Loren Lutz said the effort follows initial success in helping wildlife.
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Calif
Sierra
Loren Lutz
The
Society For the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep
California Society For the Care and Protection of Wildlife
Kern County
Hearing Aid Free Model Offered By Beltone Ad
Beltone offers a free non-operating model of the smallest Beltone aid to readers who hear but do not understand words. The tiny unit weighs under one third of an ounce and sits at the ear. No obligation, no cost, mail for Dept 2267 Beltone Electronics, 4201 West Montana Street Chicago, Illinois 60646.
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Beltone Electronics
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